About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0240
  • TitleHome for the Aged
  • SummaryView of vacant lot, the site of the new Home for the Aged. Inscription on verso: "Linden Av." Note: Since there is no Linden Avenue in Brooklyn, presumably the site is either Linden Boulevard or Linden Street.
  • Date1913
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 15 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: June 27, 1913. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHome for the Aged (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Social welfare: Homes: Home for the Aged